Trivia

Longtime companion is pro golfer Hank Kuehne.

Lives in Palm Beach, Florida with her sister, Serena Williams, and two dogs, Jackie (a Jack Russell terrier) and Lauralie (a Maltese). (2009)

Her fastest serve was clocked during French Open tennis tournament 2007 at 128 miles per hour. Her second fastest serve was clocked at 127.4 mph during the Zurich Indoors 98 against French tennis player Mary Pierce.

First woman to win an Olympic gold medal in singles and doubles (with Serena) since 1924. Singles titles: Wimbledon (2000, 2001, 2005, 2007); U.S. Open (2000). Doubles titles (with Serena): Australian Open (2000, 2003); Wimbledon (2000, 2002); Roland Garros (1999); U.S. Open (1999).

At the 2005 Nasdaq-100 Open, she defeated Serena Williams in the quarterfinals, snapping a six-match and three-and-a-half-year losing streak to her younger sister.

First woman in 70 years to win the Wimbeldon Ladies Title having saved a Championship Point, 2005. Helen Wills Moody won the title in 1935 having saved Championship Point.

Venus and her sister, Serena Williams, have become limited owners of the Miami Dolphins. (August 2009)

Won her fifth Grand slam title and her third Wimbledon in July 2005.

Seeded no. 23, she beat her own 2005 record as the lowest women's seed to win Wimbledon's single title (2007).

Daughter of Richard Williams and Oracene Price.

Release of her book, "How to Play Tennis: Learn How to Play Tennis with the Williams Sisters" by Venus and Serena Williams. (2004)

Caused a T-bone car accident in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, that resulted in the death of a 78-year-old man, fourteen days after the accident.[June 2017].

She was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs nor was she on a cell phone or other electronic device at the time of the accident.